What is the Greatest Common Factor of 16014 and 16018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 16014 and 16018 is 2.

GCF(16014,16018) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 16014 and 16018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 16014 and 16018.

How to find the GCF of 16014 and 16018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 16014 and 16018. After we will calculate the factors of 16014 and 16018 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 16014

Prime factors of 16014 are 2, 3, 17, 157. Prime factorization of 16014 in exponential form is:

16014 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 16018

Prime factors of 16018 are 2, 8009. Prime factorization of 16018 in exponential form is:

16018 = 2¹ × 8009¹

Step-3: Factors of 16014

List of positive integer factors of 16014 that divides 16014 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 157, 314, 471, 942, 2669, 5338, 8007

Step-4: Factors of 16018

List of positive integer factors of 16018 that divides 16014 without a remainder.

1, 2, 8009

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 16014 and 16018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 16014 and 16018 is 2.

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